became cornered before it fell. damascus, the fight intensified, fiercely so. government forces trying to regain key neighborhoods the rebels have seized in the past week. the very worst week so far for assad in which his security chief was wiped out from a rebel attack. heavy fighting returns to other cities, including the economic powerhousehe of alepo. rebels saying 150 people have been killed since friday. there is no indication of howfr many of those were rebels or regime forces, nor how many were civilians caught in the cross h fire. rick, tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the violence across the country. it comes as observers say that this conflict is now in a decisive phase. no indication of where president assad is, but his wife and three children are believed to be now in russia. there is growing speculation
damascus, the fight intensified, fiercely so. government forces trying to regain key neighborhoods the rebels have seized in the past week. the very worst week so far for assad in which his security chief was wiped out from a rebel attack. heavy fighting returns to other cities, including the economic powerhousehe of alepo. rebels saying 150 people have been killed since friday. there is no indication of howfr many of those were rebels or regime forces, nor how many were civilians caught in the cross h fire. rick, tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the violence across the country. it comes as observers say that this conflict is now in a decisive phase. no indication of where president assad is, but his wife and three children are believed to be now in russia. there is growing speculation that should his regime actually